Amos 9:7-9

New Century Version

“Israel, you are no different to me than the people of Cush.
I brought Israel out of the land of Egypt,
    and the Philistines from Crete,
    and the Arameans from Kir.
⁸ I, the Lord God, am watching the sinful kingdom Israel.
I will destroy it
    from off the earth,
but I will not completely destroy
    Jacob’s descendants,” says the Lord.
⁹ “I am giving the command
    to scatter the nation of Israel among all nations.
It will be like someone shaking grain through a strainer,
    but not even a tiny stone falls through.